Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, Senator Gallagher. Private hospitals, especially not-for-profit services, are losing money and fast becoming unsustainable. If private hospitals in Tasmania and other regional areas close down, it will become even harder for us to access healthcare in an overstretched system. At the same time, private health services have told me they have empty elective surgery and psychology beds. What is the government doing to address underutilised and unsustainable not-for-profit private health services and ballooning elective surgery and psychology waiting lists in our public system?